The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-06-30

The merchants did a very good busi
ness lrsr Sututdny,
Miss Annie May Griffin is visiting rel
atives in Greehville.
Miss Ella Holmes, of Pendleton, is
visiting Mrs. J. j. Lewis.
DIR. Riley will preach at this place next
Sabbath at II o'clock a. m.
Capt, ii. O. Grady reports crops in his
section as quite promising
Mr.. d. O. Stewart killed rattle snake
last week with twelve rattes and a but-
ton.
John Clayton, colorod, lost his main
dependence for help i'll his crop last week
His OK died.
Mr.. w. II. O'Dell reports =, wheat
crop in his section as being about two
thirds of good crop.
The spring session Of Miss Latira FL
lls' School ut Oolenoy closed last Friday
and she is spending vacation at home.
Mr.. +. NJ. Prince placed on our table
last Saturday a cookie burr stalk of this
summers growth bearing severals full
Yrown burrs.ss
Miss Esteile Boggs, who has been at
tending the Central High School is
spending her vacation ut Mrs. S. Alex
enders on Eastatoe.
Squire Fl. j. Anthony wis in to see
us last week, and he reports his neigh
bors in fine spirits with fottering pros
poets for good crops.
The Easley Messenger says that Mr.. J.
r. Gossett was summoned to Abbeville
o week ago to see his daughter, Mrs.
Syphan, who was quite i'll.
The Anderson Intclligencer says:-
"We are informed that Mr.. w. A. Nc
Fall, of Varennes Township, will harvest
over 600 bushels of wheat"
Mr.. r. W. Cochran, who lives few
miles south west of Pickens says, while
it is dry in his section the crops are not
yet suffering for rain,
last weeks Intelligencor hnnbuncos
the death on the 18th inst. of Mrs. h'rl
Strickland, wife of the late JOHN b..
Strickland, in the I'D year Of her age
The little lots about town which we're
sown in wheat made just about half crops.
The crops SO far as we have heard is not
near as good as was expected during
the harvesting.
A bright star was visible to the naked
eye several dnY& list week. On last Fri
day it marched across the sky in compa-
ny with the new moon, and at 3 p. III. it
appeared directly overhead.
, On the DIST instant the ware house be-
longing to the Camperdown Mills in
Greenville, was fired by lightning and
burned with its contents, LOO bales of
cotton. The loss is coveredby insurance.
The public school trustees of Liberty
township will meet at Liberty on Mon
day July 4th at 8 o'clock II. in., for the
transaction of any busihess that may
come before them. W. Il. O'DeLh,
Chairman.
Boys be careful when you go about
the mill pond. Two good little boys
came near being drowned in the neigh
horhood of Central last week, ut Whoo-
ier's mill. One Of the boys is son of
Mr. II. G. Martin.
Mr.. D. f. Hendricks recently rctumt
ed from n prospecting tour to Kansas.
Though that is fine country we are
glad to say that there is no probability
of our losing so good a citizen as MIR.
Hendricks.
Last week the lightning struck the
cotton field of Mr.. Willisnar Greenvillc
and killed nearly every stalk on spot
about GO feet sgiiafe or more. This is
the most extensive stroke of which we
nilV6 over nSiI(l.
Mr.. Frank Looper was another year
older last week, and he celebrate his
anniversary with big dinner at Which
many Of his friends and relatives had /
most enjoyable treat. A superb dinner
was most elegantly served.
Rufus, little son of Mr.. w. II. Ash
more, was made dangerously i'll last
Friday from the effects of spider bite
For snmG time it was feared that he
wOuli mnj icGoVGr, but the untiring cf
forts OF DR.. Bramlett gave him relief in
about six hours.
We see from the Spartan that the late
sowing Of wheat in Spartanburg county
made the best crops. Mr. Jeremiah
Looper says his best wheat was sown in
February. The yield was a little over
ton bushels to ono sown.
Mr. >. 3. Lathem informs lts that two